Saint Jérôme / Frédéric - Sancti Hieronymi Stridonensis Opera Omnia - 1684

Rarest scholarly edition of the complete works of Jerome of Stridon, one of the major figures of Latin Christianity in late Antiquity and one of the principal Fathers of the Western Church - Born around 347 in Dalmatia and died in Bethlehem in 420, Jerome was at once a monk, theologian, exegete, translator, polemicist and an immense reader of Christian and classical literature, whose influence exerted for centuries on the religious and intellectual culture of Europe - The title Opera Omnia indicates the ambition to gather together the various writings attributed to the author, allowing us to consider in their entirety the multiple aspects of an extremely vast œuvre, consisting of biblical commentaries, letters, theological and ascetic treatises, polemical texts, translations and works devoted to Christian history and literature - Saint Jerome / Frédéric - Sancti Hieronymi Stridonensis Opera Omnia - 1684 - Tome I - Christianum Genschium - 210 Pages. Good binding condition, volume in its full calfskin of the period, signs of wear, some minor defects on boards and spine, missing headcaps, split spines, worn corners, scuffs on the edges, speckled edges, spine with raised bands, gilt title on maroon morocco piece, gilded volume numbering - Good interior condition, some foxing, browned paper in places and minor defects, title page printed in red and black and adorned with a fine engraving, beautiful engraved title portrait-frontispiece and fine copper-engraved plates including portrait and genealogy of Frédéric, text in two columns, fine initial, pretty borders, vignettes and wood engravings on the endpapers, some armorials, endpapers in decent condition, good copy - Delivery service guaranteed within a few days -

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